After much back and forth with Vance and Randy about the route north, we have decided to change our route. We were going to take Hwy 40 from Hinton to Grande Prairie/Peace River, but the road is full of ‘wavy parts’ where the trailer would be bounced around, causing it to be hard to control. […]
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The Trip from Valemount to Hixon today went rather smoothly. It’s always a spectacular sight when you cross the bridge at Tete Jaune and out jumps Mt. Robson. One of the most beautiful drives I have been on is through the Rocky Mountains from Tete Jaune, BC, to Hinton, Alberta. It seems that every time
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This blog is about our trip, by truck and travel trailer from Kamloops, B.C. through northern Alberta to the Northwest Territories, up the Alaska Highway to the Yukon, and hopefully to the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk. We left Kamloops at high noon, Sunday, July 7. (Happy Birthday Kayl, Nana & Papa are off to the
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July 14, 2019 – Reykjavik Our flight from Helsinki, with a quick stop in Stockholm, was uneventful. Iceland’s main airport is Keflavik, located an hour south of Reykjavik, the capital, where we will spend our three days before heading back to our home in Canada. It’s a modern airport, but not particularly busy. It’s located
July 11, 2019 – Helskinki The travel gods appear to be with us today. Our Yandex trip to the train station was uneventful, the train was on time, the trip was quick and very comfortable, and the public transit to our apartment was mildly bewildering but completely successful! We did not intend to visit Finland
July 10, 2015 – The Peterhof. This is our last full day in St. Petersburg, and we’re going to spend it at the Peterhof. We’ve opted to go to-and-from by high-speed catamaran along the Baltic, so we don’t have to waste time getting in and out of the city, and we have booked a tour
July 9, 2015 – The Hermitage. The Hermitage! We’re tremendously excited to be visiting one of the premier art museums on the planet. We have a tour booked with the ‘Skip The Line’ people, and our group is nice and cosy with just the six of us. After a leisurely breakfast in the apartment, it’s
July 8, 2019 – St. Petersburg Downtown We have officially completed the Trans-Siberian portion of our journey, as Moscow is the end of the Railway. The Sapsan train from Moscow to St. Petersburg is a very different experience. Averaging 200 kph, it takes 3.5-4 hours of very smooth and quiet travel, and there you are.
Moscow Day Two July 6, 2019 Another beautiful morning dawns, which is great as it’s Kremlin Day! After a leisurely breakfast, we take the bus down to the entrance to Red Square, and then stroll down along the beautiful grounds in front to the spot where we are to meet our guide, who is, of
